Aleksandar Tunchev

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Aleksandar Tunchev
Personal information
Full name	Aleksandar Tunchev
Date of birth	July 10, 1981 (1981-07-10) (age 26)
Place of birth	Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	PFC CSKA Sofia
Number	3
Youth clubs
1992-1999	PFC Hebar
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2005 2005-	PFC Hebar Pazardzhik PFC Belasitsa Petrich PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC CSKA Sofia	19 (0) 31 (1) 54 (2) 48 (9)
National team
2006-	Bulgaria	14 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Aleksandar Tunchev (Bulgarian: Александър Тунчев) (born 10 July 1981) is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for PFC CSKA Sofia as a defender. Sasho, as known to the fans is the current captain of the CSKA Sofia team. The inspirational strong central defender is a regular fixture in the Bulgarian national team and made his debut against Romania in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match. He scored 1 goal against Luxemburg in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match in Luxembourg. Tunchev is expected to move to a foreign league soon. There have been rumoured interest from Russian, German, English clubs and Paok Thessaloniki.

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